Man accused of machete-wielding assault, shoots himself in leg

Accused of threatening girlfriend with machete

1:41 AM,
Mar. 17, 2014

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A 32-year-old Gassville man, who was arrested in January after allegedly attempting to ram his girlfriend off the road and threatening her with a machete, was taken to the hospital Saturday morning after he accidentally shot himself in the leg, according to the Baxter County Sheriff's Office.

A nurse at Baxter Regional Medical Center reported to authorities that Jonathan Rouse arrived at the hospital with a gunshot wound. Sheriff's investigator Eric Neal and deputy Kristofer Savino responded to the call.

Rouse told them he was at a boat dock in Edgewood Bay in Lakeview, loading his boat to ...